Acetylenic oximes

R = Me, R = H) with cyclohexenol in the presence of F ion followed by NaOCl oxidation gave the tricyclic ether 61 in 65% yield (Scheme 9) [29]. The use of propargyl alcohol and propargyl thiol led, via the acetylenic oximes, to fused tetrahydrofuranoisoxazoles 62 a and 62 b, and tetrahydrothiopheno[3,4-c]isoxa-zole 62 c, respectively. Reaction of l-butyn-4-ol with 0-trimethylsilyl a-bro-moaldoxime 52e (R = R = Me) led to the tetrahydropyranoisoxazole 62 d. 

Finally, a rather early (but from a mechanistic viewpoint a very interesting) sequence of radical reactions has been described by Pattenden and coworkers, in which an acetylenic oxime ether 3-312 was converted into the bicyclic oxime 3-319 in 70% yield (Scheme 3.78) [126]. Hydrolysis of 3-319 led to the bicyclic enone 3-320, which in fact can also more easily be synthesized by a Robinson annulation. 

Acetylenic oximes undergo in a similar manner conversion to 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles. Thus, oximes 195 in the system K2C03/Me0H at room temperature afforded isoxazoles 196 in excellent yields (equation 85). a, S-Unsaturated ketoximes 197 can be also easily transformed to the corresponding 5-arylisoxazoles 198 (yield up to 95%) by treatment with iodine and potassium iodide. The presence of isoxazoline was detected in the reaction mixture (equation 86) . a, S-Unsaturated ketoximes in the presence of palladium catalyst afforded isoxazolines . 

When reacted with acetylene in the KOH/DMSO system at 50-60°C, l-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone oxime (39, X = OH) forms azaindole 40 with a nitroxyl group (R = H X = 6, yield 48%), implying an oxidation-reduction process takes place under the reaction conditions. At elevated temperature (105°C) and with excess acetylene, oxime 39 (X = OH) is converted to 1-vinylazaindole 40 with X = H. Therefore, under more harsh conditions, the KOH/DMSO system acts as a reductant with respect to the nitroxyl radical. 

Only qualitative information is available about the action of catalysts on 1,3-cycloadditions. Reactions of diazomethane with benzal-anilines were carried out in dioxane containing a few percent of water or methanol, but the efficacy of such catalysts was not measured . Cycloadditions of nitrile oxides to acetylenic dipolarophiles were found to give better results, on the preparative scale, in the presence of traces of alkalies . However it has been discovered that in some instances the direct 1,3-cycloaddition is accompanied by a mechanism of addition with hydrogen shift, giving rise, from acetylenes of the type R-C=C-H, to acetylenic oximes, which in alkaline medium easily rearrange to isoxazoles . This may explain, at least in part, the better yields of isoxazolic adducts obtained in the presence of bases. 

Carbon—nitrogen double bonds in imines, hydrazones, oximes, nitrones, azines, and substituted diazomethanes can be cleaved, yielding mainly ketones, aldehydes and/or carboxyHc acids. Ozonation of acetylene gives primarily glyoxal. With substituted compounds, carboxyHc acids and dicarbonyl compounds are obtained for instance, stearoHc acid yields mainly azelaic acid, and a smaH amount of 9,10-diketostearic acid. 

One of the most important routes to isoxazole and isoxazoline rings involving the formation of the 1—5 and 2—3 bonds involves the condensation of hydroxylamine with a,/8-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. This method was previously widely used, but it is now of no preparative value, though it has been recently applied to determine the configuration of oximes. " The only new modification of this synthesis is the use of the acetals (27) of a,/8-acetylenic aldehydes for preparation of 5-substituted isoxazoles (28)... 

The scope and efficiency of [4+2] cycloaddition reactions used for the synthesis of pyridines continue to improve. Recently, the collection of dienes participating in aza-Diels Alder reactions has expanded to include 3-phosphinyl-l-aza-l,3-butadienes, 3-azatrienes, and l,3-bis(trimethylsiloxy)buta-l, 3-dienes (1,3-bis silyl enol ethers), which form phosphorylated, vinyl-substituted, and 2-(arylsulfonyl)-4-hydroxypyridines, respectively <06T1095 06T7661 06S2551>. In addition, efforts to improve the synthetic efficiency have been notable, as illustrated with the use of microwave technology. As shown below, a synthesis of highly functionalized pyridine 14 from 3-siloxy-l-aza-1,3-butadiene 15 (conveniently prepared from p-keto oxime 16) and electron-deficient acetylenes utilizes microwave irradiation to reduce reaction times and improve yields <06T5454>. 

R2=MeC>2C, R3 = d-F CC F ), regioisomeric 4-trifluoromethyl-5-isoxazole-carboxylates, 213 (R1 =Me02C, R2 =CF3, R3 = 4-F3CC6H4) and unexpectedly oximinoyl chloride 214, resulted by 1,4-addition. Product distribution is rationalized in terms of two competing reactions, either 1,4-addition of the oximate anion to the acetylenic ester or formation of the nitrile oxide followed by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Anionic 1,4-addition of the oximinoyl chloride to the acetylenic ester is favoured at low temperatures, while nitrile oxide formation, followed by cycloaddition, occur at temperatures above 0 ° (371). 

This one-step procedure is a convenient and general method for the preparation of carbamates. It is substantially simpler, quicker, and safer than the multistep methods hitherto used for the preparation of carbamates of tertiary alcohols. This procedure is applicable to the preparation of carbamates of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols and mercaptans, polyhydric alcohols, acetylenic alcohols, phenols, and oximes. It has also been extended to the preparation of carbamyl derivatives (i.e., ureas) of inert (non-basic) amines.10... 

Hence in all experiments with Grignard reagents moisture must he completely excluded. Alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids, primary and secondary amines, oximes, acetylene, etc., react in the same way as water. 

ACETYLENIC COMPOUNDS, ALKALI METALS ALKENES, ALKYNES BENZYL COMPOUNDS, DIENES HALOALKENES, OXIMES... 

Benzofuranyl)pyrroles, 2-(2-thienyl)pyrroles , 2,2 -dipyrroles, 3-(2-pyr-rolyl)indoles , 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)pyrroles and2-(2-, 3- and4-pyridyl)pyrroles were prepared using this method. Reaction of alkynes (for example, propyne) or allene with ketoximes in a superbase system (MOH/DMSO) leads to 2,5-di- or 2,3,5-trisubstituted pyrroles Pyrroles and dipyrroles were synthesized also from corresponding dioximes and acetylene in a KOH/DMSO system It has also been shown that 1,2-dichloroeth-ane can serve as a source of acetylene in pyrrole synthesis. Oxime 52 in the system acetylene/RbOH/DMSO at 70 °C afforded a mixture of three pyrroles 53-55 in low yields (equation 23). The formation of product 53 occurred through recyclization of pyrrolopy-ridine intermediate. ... 

Phenyl- and 2-(2-thienyl)-3,3-dimethyl-3//-pyrroles (58) were obtained by the reaction of the corresponding ketoximes 56 with acetylene catalyzed by MOH (M = Na, K) in DMSO. The reaction intermediate observed is the corresponding O-vinyl oxime 57 which undergoes [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement and cyclization to products 58 (equation 24). The yield of the products obtained strongly depends on the structure of the ketoxime . 

Fluoride ion catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of bromo nitrile oxide, obtained in situ from dibromoformaldehyde oxime 184, to nonactivated alkynes provides a new approach to the synthesis of neuroactive isoxazoles. However, the regioselectivity of cycloaddition in this case is not high—products 185 and 186 are obtained in a 1 1 to 1 1.4 ratio (equation 80). Cycloaddition reaction of hydroximoyl chlorides and acetylene was snc-cessfully carried out also in the presence of NaHCOs as a base. For instance, a-keto oximes 187 were reacted with acetylene and NaHCOs to give isoxazoles 188 in good yields (equation 81). 

Enehydroxylamines (102) are invoked as intermediates in the rearrangement of O-vinyl, acyl or aryl oximes (101) (equation 31). Varlamov and coworkers demonstrated that the heterocyclization of ketoximes (103) with acetylene in snper basic medium and in the presence of metal hydroxides proceeds by a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the enehydroxylamine 105 of the corresponding oxime vinyl ethers 104 (equation 32). The unreactivity of 3-methyl-2-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-9-one oxime (106) in the same reaction conditions was explained by its inability to isomerize to the corresponding enehydroxylamine. 

Radical cyclizations are often used in ring formations and are an effective methodology in the synthesis of piperidines. The intramolecular cyclization of an oxime ether, such as 63 onto an aldehyde or ketone gives a new entry into cyclic amino alcohols <99JOC2003, 99H(51)2711>. Similarly, reaction of a terminal acetylene with BujSnH generates a vinyl radical, which will cyclize with an imine moiety to give 3-methylenepiperidine <99TL1515>. The indolizidine alkaloid ipalbidine was prepared by a sulfur-controlled 6-exo-selective radical cyclization of an a/p/ia-phenylthio amide <99H(50)31>. 

Sonogashira reaction. The first system consisted in the use of the oxime palladacycles 7a-f at elevated temperatures, without the aid of Cul or an amine base, for the coupling of aryl iodides and bromides. They also reported on the use of complex 48b in aqueous media for the coupling of aryl iodides and bromides and terminal acetylenes in excellent yields. ... 

Many such activated acyl derivatives have been developed, and the field has been reviewed [7-9]. The most commonly used irreversible acyl donors are various types of vinyl esters. During the acylation of the enzyme, vinyl alcohols are liberated, which rapidly tautomerize to non-nucleophilic carbonyl compounds (Scheme 4.5). The acyl-enzyme then reacts with the racemic nucleophile (e.g., an alcohol or amine). Many vinyl esters and isopropenyl acetate are commercially available, and others can be made from vinyl and isopropenyl acetate by Lewis acid- or palladium-catalyzed reactions with acids [10-12] or from transition metal-catalyzed additions to acetylenes [13-15]. If ethoxyacetylene is used in such reactions, R1 in the resulting acyl donor will be OEt (Scheme 4.5), and hence the end product from the acyl donor leaving group will be the innocuous ethyl acetate [16]. Other frequently used acylation agents that act as more or less irreversible acyl donors are the easily prepared 2,2,2-trifluoro- and 2,2,2-trichloro-ethyl esters [17-23]. Less frequently used are oxime esters and cyanomethyl ester [7]. S-ethyl thioesters such as the thiooctanoate has also been used, and here the ethanethiol formed is allowed to evaporate to displace the equilibrium [24, 25]. Some anhydrides can also serve as irreversible acyl donors. 

The controversy between Huisgen and Firestone concerning the mechanism for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is longstanding.9,11 For nitrile oxide cycloadditions, experimental data have been interpreted either as supportive of a concerted mechanism9 or in favor of a stepwise mechanism with diradical intermediates.11 Theory has compounded, rather than resolved, this problem. Ab initio calculations on the reaction of fulmonitrile oxide with acetylene predict a concerted mechanism at the molecular otbital level,12,13 but a stepwise mechanism after inclusion of extensive electron correlation.14 MNDO predicts a stepwise mechanism with a diradical intermediate.13 The existence of an extended diradical intermediate such as (4 Scheme 2) has been postulated by Firestone in order to account for the occasional formation of 1,4-addition products such as the oxime (5).11 Of course, the intermediates (4) and (5) for the Firestone mechanism do not correspond to the initial transition states in Firestone s theory. These are attained prior to the formation of, and at higher energy than, the intermediates. 

Analogous conclusions have been drawn in studying the reaction of acetophenone oxime with acetylene (Scheme 2) leading to 2-phenylpyrrole (3) and 2-phenyl-1-vinylpyrrole (4) (78ZOR1733). 

The dependence of the catalytic activity upon the nature of the hydroxide cation (Tables III and IV) was studied using the same reactions of cyclohexanone and acetophenone oximes with acetylene as an example... 

Although true for many oximes of aliphatic and alicyclic ketones, the previous sequence is not absolute and can change depending on the reaction conditions and ketoxime type. Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, for instance, which catalyzes fairly actively in the synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole from cyclohexanon oxime and acetylene (79KGS197), turned out to be nearly inert with alkyl aryl ketoximes (78ZOR1733). 

The effect of the KOH content of the reaction mixture upon the yield of 3-methyl-2-phenyl-l-vinylpyrrole from propiophenone oxime and acetylene (100°C, 3 hr) is expressed as follows (78ZOR1733)... 

A much more efficient means of promoting the reaction is variation of the KOH content of the reaction mixture. This was convincingly shown for the conversion of cyclohexanone oxime to 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole (1) and its N-vinyl derivative in the reaction with acetylene in KOH/DMSO (Scheme 1) (81ZOR 1977). At a moderate temperature (100°C), an increase in the KOH content (up to an equimolar ratio to the oxime) enhances the yield of l-vinyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole (Table VI). Under more severe conditions (120°C) the alkali starts to accelerate side processes as a consequence of which an inverse dependence of the yield of l-vinyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole upon the content of base is observed (cf. Table VI). 

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